gist Command Examples

Upload code to https://gist.github.com. More information: https://github.com/defunkt/gist.

• Log in to gist on this computer:

gist --login

• Create a gist from any number of text files:

gist {{file.txt}} {{file2.txt}}

• Create a private gist with a description:

gist --private --description "{{A meaningful description}}" {{file.txt}}

• Read contents from stdin and create a gist from it:

{{echo "hello world"}} | gist

• List your public and private gists:

gist --list

• List all public gists for any user:

gist --list {{username}}

• Update a gist using the ID from URL:

gist --update {{GIST_ID}} {{file.txt}}